At Last is the seventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The album is a collection of covers of jazz standards, in addition to a cover of a contemporary song re-arranged into a jazz song. The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee" and was co-produced by Lauper with Russ Titelman. The album's longbox was available only at Costco or Sam's Club shops within the first two weeks when it was released. In 2008 Lauper said in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Extra that the album was a special project, with the intervention of the record company and that she does not consider it as a "career album".
The album was well received by the public and music critics. AllMusic and Slant Magazine praised the album and gave it three stars out of five. The album debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 copies sold in its first week, while the song "Walk On By" S.A.F. hit #10 on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play and the Eddie X Mixes version hit the same chart at #15.
To promote the album, Cyndi headlined VH1 Divas Live 2004 alongside such artists as Patti LaBelle and Debbie Harry, performing "Stay" with Sheila E. on percussion. By 2012, it had sold 276,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Track listing
Personnel Russ Titelman - producer Cyndi Lauper - producer William Wittman - mixing Russ Titelman - mixing George Fullan - mix assistant Steve Gaboury - engineer Sharon Tucker - assistant engineer Peter Doris - assistant engineer Tim Stritmater - assistant engineer Brian Dozoretz - assistant engineer Jason Finkel - assistant engineer Elizabeth Collins - assistant engineer Kurt Marks - assistant engineer Jill Dell'Abate - production manager, contractor Ted Jensen - mastering Ryan Smith - mastering Lisa Barbaris - management David Massey - A&R Evan L - A&R coordinator
Charts Chart (2003)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)32Canadian Albums (Billboard)32French Albums (SNEP)85Japanese Albums (Oricon)205Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)50UK Albums (OCC)124U.S. Billboard 20038U.S. Billboard Internet AlbumsU.S. Billboard Internet Albums - Cyndi Lauper Billboard.com. Retrieved at October 6, 2021.12
Release history CountryDateLabelFormatCat. No.Ref.United StatesNovember 18, 2003CDEK 90760JapanNovember 27, 2003EICP 290United KingdomDecember 1, 2003Epic513476 2
References
es:At Last